Transplantation of Schwann cells and olfactory ensheathing glia after spinal cord injury: Does pretreatment with methylprednisolone and interleukin-10 enhance recovery?

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1223-1239

  Pearse, Damien Daniel ^b   Marcillo, Alexander Eduardo ^b   Oudega, Martin ^a   Lynch, Michael Paul ^b   Wood, Patrick McGhee ^a   Bunge, Mary Bartlett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Axon; Cytokine; Glucocorticosteroid; Inflammation; Regeneration; Secondary tissue loss

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE SHEATH; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-10; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROGLIA; OLFACTORY BULB; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 4644275620     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2004.21.1223     Document Type: Article

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